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Miner declines on Lonmin cash call

The mining sector is struggling in early trading this morning as platinum giant Lonmin unveiled its $457m rights issue.

London's blue chip index has opened the week marginally lower, down 12.54 points, or 0.28%, to 4,449.55 at 8.15am.

Lonmin is among the heaviest decliners this morning after announcing it will issue 35m shares at 900p apiece in a 2 for 9 rights issue. The cash call comes as Lonmin posted a $196m pre-tax loss in the six months to March 31. Its share price has fallen 4.25% to £15.53 early.

Fellow miners Eurasian and Vedanta are also behind, down 3.32% to 656p and 3.07% to £12.61 respectively.